In page 216, when the woman entered
the toilet and saw the toilet full of dirt and another woman doing her needs in
the middle of it.
In page 220, when the people saw the
writing on the moving truck “Poland Spring” and started to follow it begging
for help to get a small drop of water.
In page 223, how the writer
highlighted with the guy how came to separate the two fighting men with a
different color than the rest of the drawing.
In page 224, the page with empty
space and one speech balloon draws an attention on the guy and his daughter by
explaining her situation and making the reader guessing what will come next.
In page 225, the drawing of the
father and his daughter on the whole page, their facial expression, postures
and gestures, makes the reader focus on the tragedy and the reason behind the
father reaction when seeing the water bottle with the other man.
The last panel in page 229 has no
boarder, perhaps to show the suffering of the mother and her baby. Also, their
facial expression, postures and the daughter expression which is wrote in bold,
different font style and different color than the rest of the texts indicate
how much they are suffering from the heat and the thirstiness.
In page 230, the drawing of the
woman pointing out more than the rest of the people, in order to show the
picture of their suffering.
In page 234, the picture of the
people faces is interesting, how all the faces are drawn close to each other,
starting from bigger focused face to far smallest one, all to show the
suffering of those people.
1 2.
Patterns:
a a)
List
of repititions:
·
Buses:
7
·
Lined
up: 2
·
Water:
9
·
God:
4
·
People:
5
·
Houston:
2
·
Fuckers:
2
·
Help:
3
·
Shit:
4
·
Folk:
3
b b)
Strands:
·
Twice/second
c c)
Organizing
contrasts:
·
Yesterday/today
·
Beautiful/Sewer
I believe the repetition ‘Water’ to
be the most significant for arriving at ideas about what the text communicates.
It is shown in most of the speeches to express the people need and how much
they are suffering and how far they are going in order to satisfy their thirst,
where they are begging and fighting with each other for a small drop of it.
1 3.
Anomalies:
In my opinion, Josh Neufeld seemed
to avoid the government part in the story. He didn’t clarify their point view
toward the issue and the reason of their reaction behind their reaction. I
believe that the missing part opens up to make room for compelling new ideas;
this allows one to understand and evaluate the ideas more effectively.
Thanks for sharing your thorough lists and observations, Mohammad. I am intrigued by Part 3 of your post because I just finished reading Kathreen's post. Kathreen also noticed the one-sided nature of Neufeld's argument. I am not sure I agree with you that a one-sided picture helps readers "understand and evaluate" the issue. Maybe I will hear more about what you mean in the discussion posts later this week.
ReplyDeleteYour list of repetitions is great. I am struck by the words that get repeated. Profanity is on the list a lot. In the "twice/second" strand, that is a great thing to note because (for me) it expresses the frustration about broken promises, over and over. A bus was supposed to come, and then it didn't, and each time the buses don't come, the more the people lose trust in their government.
Finally, you mention "page 223, how the writer highlighted with the guy how came to separate the two fighting men with a different color than the rest of the drawing" -- that is something I hadn't noticed. Now that you bring it up, Neufeld uses that white color for emphasis on page 232, as well. The main female character is shown in white, sitting on the curb. (or my eyes are getting bad and I am color blind!)
You have so many other good observations here... I can't wait to see how you bring these notes together and develop your interpretation in the coming weeks.
Yes, survival is an ugly thing. I believe the reason why he left out the governments side of the argument is because the government issues were left clouded and undefined by the media. In the end not one government official saw the charge of negligent homicide.
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